ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,286, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TransEquatorial Solutions Inc. (Gallant, Ala.).
"Knife lock" was invented by Tomaz Novak (Seneca, S.C.), Jeffrey S. Randall (Gallant, Ala.) and Michael B. Alford (Poolville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding knife has a frame and a blade pivotable relative to the frame about a fold axis between an open position and a closed position. A toggle coupled to the frame and pivotable relative to the frame about a toggle axis is configured for selectively locking the blade in the open position. A cantilever spring has a free end configured to selectively retain the toggle in a selected p...